Leidos
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
Junior AWS Administrator
Location
United States
Posted
11 hours ago
Salary
$69.6K - $125.7K / year
Bachelor Degree2 yrs expEnglishAnsibleAWSCloudEC2LinuxPythonUnix
Job Description
• Support the health, security, and availability of AWS environments and scheduled workloads by performing routine operational tasks and assisting senior administrators
• Assist with provisioning and basic configuration of AWS resources such as EC2, S3, IAM users/roles, and VPC components
• Perform routine checks on system health, storage usage, and instance status
• Monitor TWS/IWS job streams and report failures or delays to senior staff
• Perform first-level triage on incidents and service tickets
• Gather logs and diagnostic information for escalation
• Execute scheduled backups and verify backup completion
Job Requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or a related field with 2+ years of experience (or equivalent experience)
- 1–3 years in IT support, system administration, or cloud support roles
- Exposure to AWS through coursework, labs, or professional experience
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (preferred)
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (nice to have but not required)
- Basic knowledge of Linux/Unix systems
- Foundational scripting skills (Bash or Python)
- Familiarity with cloud concepts such as IAM, compute, and storage
- Exposure to automation tools like Ansible or CloudFormation is a plus
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
